I was just listening to Jim Rom and he brought up the Canucks and their diving. I guess it's not just us 'Alberta haters' that think the Canucks are divers. There's a reason everyone keep associating them with diving.

The Canuck fans I know have a problem with the diving on their team. they are embarrassed by it last year, and even more so this year, now that they are not getting away with it. There's just a few fans on here who are oblivious to the problem the rest of the league has been fingering for the last 2 season or more. Perhaps they will listen now that their own media has finally caught on to what the rest of the media and fan world has been saying, and actually calling out the canucks on it.
It was just a weak attempt to deflect the criticism of their precious do-no-wrong canucks to say "Alberta haters".
How anyone outside of Hughson (the ultimate canucks homer) can still defend this teams antics is beyond me.... (wait for it... here comes the usual defence mechanism "but look where the Oilers or flames placed this year" or "here's some irrelavant stat on how many times the canucks have actually been caught diving" and a bunch of big words that make me feel good about myself (promethus)

I don't know much about the writer, but this article from "The Hockey Writers" on diving seems pretty much spot on. The gist of the article also applies to "dirtiest" and "whiniest" team.

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The Stanley Cup Playoffs kick off this evening with three big games and in the coming two months will provide us with intense drama. It will also provide us with diving. Along with that diving will come players, coaches, general managers, fans , columnists and anyone with a rooting interest in complaining about diving.

When the complaining about diving becomes as bad as the diving itself we have reached critical mass.

Some things that we need to get out on the table before we go any further. Is diving a growing problem in the NHL? Yes. Should something be done about it? Absolutely. Is there one team that dives more than the other? Not really.

You can easily make a compilation of dive videos that would brand every team a bunch of divers...

After taking a long look at the Canucks, I've essentially decided that they're "Penguins West". Both teams are highly talented teams that have been taken off their games by opponents that seem to match up well and play a more naturally aggressive style. Both have responded to that style by being horribly whiny and atrociously idiotic. The leadership of these two teams has failed them. Both were sensible picks to make it to the finals, but are now down 3-0 in the opening rounds of the playoffs.

The Finals last year were embarrassing enough, but there was still something to defend there. This series has been nothing but disgraceful, and there are a lot of characteristics that need to be rooted out of the Canucks organization.

After taking a long look at the Canucks, I've essentially decided that they're "Penguins West". Both teams are highly talented teams that have been taken off their games by opponents that seem to match up well and play a more naturally aggressive style. Both have responded to that style by being horribly whiny and atrociously idiotic. The leadership of these two teams has failed them. Both were sensible picks to make it to the finals, but are now down 3-0 in the opening rounds of the playoffs.

The Finals last year were embarrassing enough, but there was still something to defend there. This series has been nothing but disgraceful, and there are a lot of characteristics that need to be rooted out of the Canucks organization.

Yes im glad the Penguins are epically failing making my Canucks fail easier to take. And none of us are big kesler fans right now for the record.

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